Collars..NEVER again!

[Kazz]

Originally Posted by Moli

Oscar used to loose his collar on an almost daily basis but the next day or day after he'd bring it back carrying it in his mouth I assume because it smelt of him.

Oscar sounds more like a dog Kazz....!

I assume it was because he went the same route, I have always figured he had "an" area/route he followed which took him a couple of days to cover I often wandered how far he would have gone if he hadn't been neutured but a intact Tom he often in his younger days had everything from scuffles to full scale fights with intact Toms.

Karen

[Mags]

Sounds like Oscar used to stand up for himself then Kazz!

[Kazz]

Originally Posted by Mags

Sounds like Oscar used to stand up for himself then Kazz!

Yes he did Mags, I've started another thread so not to steal Lukes

[bobbie3917]

glad she is home and safe now

[Luke]

Thanks for your wishes everyone...the collar itself was 'vet reccomended' (pah! )..and TBH i dont think the cats would go off with anyone as they dont let 'outsiders' go near!
maybe it is taking a slight risk if they ever were to go walk abouts..but i certainly would prefer to know of them alive and well, rather then strangled somewhere.
Oh and yes the three 8 years olds in question will have something nice dropped off to them tomorrow.....

[Elaine]

That must have been frightening for you both. Glad she is ok.

[dinahsmum]

Sorry to hear of the old lady's bad experience and so relieved she is OK.
I have never liked or used collars for cats - they are way too active.

[Emm]

there could be a number of reasons why the collar did not break free - maybe she did not struggle because she saw the kids were there, maybe there was a (like has been mentioned) a factory fault....

I make safety cat collars and I would'nt make something that posed a threat to any cat - I test every collar before being sent out.
I have done a lot of research on cat collars and I do see some that are questionable regards to safety, for example, collars that are elasticated, collars that are elasticated and have a safety release buckle, or collars that have a supposed slide buckle. I have also seen collars advertised as safety release buckles when they are not.

If you buy a collar that is mass produced then you should test it yourself, but also check to make sure that the material isn't made out of elastic if it has the safety release buckle, otherwise there won't be enough weight for the cat to release the collar.

I have in the past had some terrible experiances with collars with my cats - to the point that I stopped them from wearing them. It wasn't until I did some research and designed my own that they have started to wear them again.

So don't give up on all cat collars - there are some good makes of collars out there

[CathyW]

used to have collars on mine, ronnie had 3 bells on his the size of budgie bells and he still managed to kill birds (deaf birds??) barnaby never kept a collar on he would chew his way out of it. reggie just didnt give a damm.

[Snoof]

I never put bells on my cats (those who wore collars, I have had two who didn't). I always think, "I'd feel like a right Wally wandering round jangling"

Although I do plan to put bells on the kittens until they're big enough that I won't have to worry about them getting into small spaces and not being able to find them quite so much